Cursa Serra de les Fites
Sun 11 Oct 2026 · La Pobla de Massaluca, Tarragona
a full four-distance rural festival (5→25K) in the little-raced Terra Alta wine country, run by the village itself · Our read
36Moderate36 km-effort · 44 m/km climb
EasyModHardV.hardExtremeBrutal
Endurance load on ITRA's km-effort scale — not steepness or technical terrain.
How we measure
km-effort = distance + climb/100, ITRA's published scale: every 100 m of climb counts like ~1 km of distance. Six levels, Easy → Brutal, from the hardest distance of the event. The climb figure (m/km) shows how vertical the course is.Drive
FAR 2h 50m
from Barcelona (Glòries, est.)
When
Sun 11 Oct 2026
Distances
13 · 18 · 25 km
+ kids run
Official site & registration ↗
Ask anything the page doesn't show — “can I walk it?”, “good first trail race?”
Dates, start times and registration change — always confirm on the official site.
Distances
25 km · ↑1100 m · Moderate
18 km · ↑700 m · Moderate
13 km · ↑350 m · Easy
| Distance | Climb | Effort |
|---|---|---|
| 25 km | ↑1100 m | 36 Moderate |
| 18 km | ↑700 m | 25 Moderate |
| 13 km | ↑350 m | 16.5 Easy |
| Kids run | distance TBC — see the official site | |
Our take
The catch · Our read
the 25K's 1,100 m and open, shadeless Terra Alta terrain make heat and exposure the real difficulty; logistics to La Pobla de Massaluca are remote
Who it's for · Our read
runners who want a grassroots village race and Terra Alta scenery; families (multiple short options). NOT for those needing championship points or precise published logistics
Also nice · Our read
deep small-village character and food; a distance for every level including a real kids/short option
In a word · Our read
like a classic FEEC rural festa-cursa — modest D+, big community, heat-and-remoteness the hidden tax
Character
- Setting
- / rural Terra Alta mountain terrain — "al terme de la Pobla de Massaluca (Terra Alta)"; this is dry vineyard/Mediterranean-scrub back-country near the Ebre · Organizer
- Food
- village-organized meals — "meals organized by villagers" · Organizer
- Kids race
- yes — the 5K "Cursa Infantil" (note the page's "ages 14+" tag conflicts with a kids label; see flag) · Organizer
- Season & heat
- Terra Alta is one of Catalonia's hottest, driest corners; mid-October usually mild but afternoon exposure on open vineyard/scrub ridges can still bite — little shade · Derived
Labels show how we know each thing: Organizer (from the race’s own site) · Derived · Our read · Our guess · Dima (ran it).
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